Our Story
KEW’s team has extensive and directly relevant experience to bring to the project.
During 2013/14, Dr Kamal Kalsi and Kevin Chown led a successful project funded by the Energy Technologies Institute – ‘Waste Gasification Phase 1’ – to design and develop an efficient, economically and commercially-viable small-scale advanced gasification plant.
This £1m project involved addressing all the issues required to prepare for financing and construction, including technical risk assessment/evidencing, commercial, regulatory and HSE aspects. The assessment by the ETI and its assessment panel was a rigorous 10-month process, competing against other well-known competitors.
KEW’s overall solution was assessed as being superior to the alternatives and the technology was selected for the Phase 2 Project to construct the plant. Hans Masson then joined the team, bringing all of his operational and commissioning experience, gained across Europe, within the gasification and power plant sector.
KEW has worked in partnership with the Energy Technologies Institute to design and construct a the commercial demonstrator plant in the Midlands. This technology demonstrator (called ‘Sustainable Energy Centre’) is undergoing testing and will be fully operational in 2021, converting 14,000 tonnes per year of locally sourced mixed wastes and providing 1.8 MWe electrical power to the local grid and the option to provide heat to local users.